Chris Milaster
aka chrism ['kri-z&m] aka Christian
- Born, raised and educated [http://www.fh-wedel.de] in and near Hamburg, Germany.
- Since mid-1998 temporarily resident and employed in Columbus, Ohio, USA.
- Since mid-2000 resident in Spring Valley, MN, USA (30 minutes south of Rochester, MN)
- Moved to Lanesboro, MN, USA in 2006 (45 minutes south-east of Rochester, MN)
- Employed by the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN as Principal Engineer in the Division of Engineering.
- Founded Ingenium Excellentia, Inc., an Excellence Consultancy, in March of 2007
- Fascinated and interested in object-oriented development since 1992, starting with Turbo Pascal (erinnert sich noch jemand an Heimsoeth? ;)
- Learned juggling on an OO proof-of-concept and prototype project in Leipzig, Germany while working for IBM Global Services - Banking, Finance and Security.
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1998-2000: Consultant for international IT consulting company as an on-site technical project lead at a large bank in Columbus, Ohio.
- Java-based user interface over virtual private network with Oracle Database 8i
- Lotus Domino R5 based inter-office service requests workflow system, accessible through Java-based user interface over Intranet.
- 2000-2003: Technical Specialist & Team Lead of the Mayo Clinic Development Support Center
- 2003-present: Back to the roots (Engineering). Software Lead, Software Architect, Investigator, Facilitator, Process Improvement Specialist..
- 2007 and beyond: Coach, Consultant, Contractor, and Trainer